Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836 - 1917)

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was an English physician and suffragist. She was the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon, by studying privately with male physicians. She was the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first dean of a British medical school, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as Mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor and magistrate in Britain. source: Wikipedia She once remarked that “a doctor leads two lives, the professional and the private, and the boundaries between the two are never traversed." Her first child, Louisa (1873-1943), also became a physician and a feminist activist.

Known for
First woman to openly gain a medical qualification in Britain

Creating a medical school for women

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BBC history pages

Spartacus (UK school reference site)

"Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: early pioneer of women in medicine" (2017) by Laura Kelly, in The Lancet journal

The Pioneering Garretts: Breaking the Barriers for Women (2008) by Jenifer Glynn

Enterprising Women: The Garretts and their Circle (2006) by Elizabeth Crawford